EBA suffers from the problem of "believing NetWorker".  So, if NetWorker
gives, as a summary, that a backup was successful, then EBA reports the
backup as successful.  For file size changes, this may not be what you
want.  

It also made we wonder about another situation.  When we first
implemented Exchange backups (3-4 years ago), there was a bug with the
Exchange module that, within the completion text, reported an error with
the backup.  The summary for the client, however, reported the backup as
successful.  In this case, the message in the completion text was
accurate - the backup was NOT successful.  So, would EBA see this as a
success?  I hope not, but based on conversations with EMC when
evaluating EBA this fall, I suspect that EBA would report a success.

-Teresa

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Bradley Todd
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:20 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup - Log / Checklist

Hi Patrick,

I haven't gone through all the replies to your post but I would also
suggest
a "third party" product by EMC called EMC Backup Advisor (EBA).  This
not
only keeps a history of successful and unsuccessful backups but has all
the
nice graphs and red and green tabs that would keep your management and
auditors very happy.  I agree you could script all of this but why
re-invent
the wheel...?

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